Global water and energy losses from consumer avoidable food waste

Coudard, Antoine; Corbin, E; Koning, Jotte de; Tukker, Arnold; Mogollón, José M

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129342

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“…Reducing food loss and waste has become a sustainable development goal for governments and international organizations, as food waste limits the food supply, and results in economic losses and waste of resources. , A considerable amount of food loss and waste occur at the supply, retail, and consumer levels, which is related to food spoilage and shelf life . Thus, avoiding such loss as much as possible is an impactful measure to ensure food security.…”

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Gelatin-Based Active Edible Film with pH-Sensing for Maintaining and Monitoring Fish Freshness

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et al. 2023

ACS Food Sci. Technol.

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The development of packaging films with food preservation and monitoring functions is of great significance and applications. Herein, gelatin was combined with rosmarinic acid (RosA) and blueberry anthocyanin extract (BAE) to fabricate RosAgelatin/BAE (RGA) films with pH-responsiveness and long-term antioxidant and antibacterial activities. The films have better surface hydrophobicity and antiswelling performance than that of pure gelatin film. The films show good ductility and the elongation at break of the films can be easily adjusted in the range of 1.01−292.19% by adjusting the content of BAE. The films can block ultraviolet light, scavenge the ABTS + radical, and kill bacteria almost 100%. Significantly, the films showed good pH/NH 3 responsiveness as an obvious color change. Comparing with polyethylene film, there was a reduction of around 60.8% in the release of volatile base nitrogen compounds from crucian in storage using RGA5. Overall, these films may be useful for food preservation and real-time quality monitoring.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gelatin-Based Active Edible Film with pH-Sensing for Maintaining and Monitoring Fish Freshness

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Chen

et al. 2023

ACS Food Sci. Technol.

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“…To model dietary change across the the European Union and the United Kingdom, we used the difference between average national diets derived from FAO food balance sheets (FBSs) and the EAT-Lancet diet per person per day scaled by population in the year 2010. Production losses are accounted for in FAOSTAT and FABIO data (see below), and we adopted consumer waste percentages for specific food items and nations from a previous study to isolate dietary consumption changes 33 . The EAT-Lancet diet is a universal healthy reference diet recommended by the EAT-Lancet Commission, representing benefits to both human and planetary health.…”

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Adoption of plant-based diets across Europe can improve food resilience against the Russia–Ukraine conflict

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Crises related to extreme weather events, COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine conflict have revealed serious problems in global food (inter)dependency.Here we demonstrate that a transition towards the EAT-Lancet's planetary health diet in the European Union and the United Kingdom alone would almost compensate for all production deficits from Russia and Ukraine while yielding improvements in blue water use (4.1 Gm 3 yr −1 ), greenhouse gas emissions (0.22 GtCO 2 e yr −1 ) and carbon sequestration (17.4 GtCO 2 e).

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“…The performance of the energy-food-water nexus using solar energy under integrated production of fresh water from seawater desalination, biomass gasification and food systems in Qatar [159] Food-energy-water nexus Reducing the losses in energy and water from consumer avoidable food wastes to increase sustainability in the food system in China [160] Food-energy nexus related to eco-pollution Problems resulted from the production of energy and chemical fertilizers, as sources of environmental pollution due to the depletion of groundwater resources in Iran [161] Food-energy-water nexus Identification of the change drivers in urban regions in China by a study of consumption of urban households, fixed capital formation and exports under food-energy-water system [162] Food-energy-land-water nexus There is a need to produce a sustainable source of food, clean energy (biofuels), and water in Nigeria [163] Energy-food nexus Collaborative management and conservation for scarcity of food and energy resources under climate policy were higher for low-income compared to high-income economies [21] Food-energy-water nexus Mitigation of climate change and water circularity role in food-energy-water nexus for transition from a linear economy to a circular economy [158] Water-energy-nutrient-food nexus Under urban agriculture system, water and nutrient needs at greenhouse farm and a container farm could be supplied by resources present in urban waters of wastewater and rainwater [164] Nutrient-food-energy-water nexus Reusing urban wastewaters in urban farming can reduce energy needs for nutrient, water, irrigation, food transport, and wastewater pumping [165] Table 4. Cont.…”

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A Comparative Photographic Review on Higher Plants and Macro-Fungi: A Soil Restoration for Sustainable Production of Food and Energy

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The Kingdom of Plantae is considered the main source of human food, and includes several edible and medicinal plants, whereas mushrooms belong to the Kingdom of fungi. There are a lot of similar characteristics between mushrooms and higher plants, but there are also many differences among them, especially from the human health point of view. The absences of both chlorophyll content and the ability to form their own food are the main differences between mushrooms and higher plants. The main similar attributes found in both mushrooms and higher plants are represented in their nutritional and medicinal activities. The findings of this review have a number of practical implications. A lot of applications in different fields could be found also for both mushrooms and higher plants, especially in the bioenergy, biorefinery, soil restoration, and pharmaceutical fields, but this study is the first report on a comparative photographic review between them. An implication of the most important findings in this review is that both mushrooms and plants should be taken into account when integrated food and energy are needed. These findings will be of broad use to the scientific and biomedical communities. Further investigation and experimentation into the integration and production of food crops and mushrooms are strongly recommended under different environmental conditions, particularly climate change.

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Global water and energy losses from consumer avoidable food waste

Cited by 35 publications

References 45 publications

Gelatin-Based Active Edible Film with pH-Sensing for Maintaining and Monitoring Fish Freshness

Gelatin-Based Active Edible Film with pH-Sensing for Maintaining and Monitoring Fish Freshness

Adoption of plant-based diets across Europe can improve food resilience against the Russia–Ukraine conflict

A Comparative Photographic Review on Higher Plants and Macro-Fungi: A Soil Restoration for Sustainable Production of Food and Energy

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